NP or PA General Cardiology Stepdown Inpatient Nights

Vanderbilt University Medical Center • Nashville, TN

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About The Position

The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) is a key member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team, collaborating with physicians and other care providers to manage a distinct patient population in the inpatient acute care setting. The APP provides specialized care to hospitalized patients and supports high-quality, evidence-based medical services. The role requires advanced medical knowledge, clinical and technical competence, sound judgment, and professional communication. The APP follows established clinical pathways and protocols, maintains timely and compliant documentation, and participates in professional development and competency validation.

The position is with Vanderbilt Heart and Vascular Institute, which cares for adult patients aged 18 and older with a range of cardiovascular and vascular conditions. Patients may be treated for heart failure, myocardial infarction, arrhythmias, aneurysms, chest pain, and other conditions, and may receive pre- and post-operative care for catheterizations and cardiothoracic or vascular surgeries. The role is for an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, or Physician Assistant. The schedule is nights, three shifts per week, with rotating weekend and holiday requirements.

Requirements

• Qualifying role as an Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (AGACNP), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), or Physician Assistant (PA).
• Master’s degree.
• Tennessee licensure as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant, as applicable; the listed certifications also include Tennessee Registered Nurse licensure.
• Relevant work experience is listed, with experience level specified as less than one year.
• Ability to provide inpatient acute and complex care and apply evidence-based practice protocols.
• Advanced clinical knowledge, assessment and diagnostic skills, clinical judgment, and professional communication skills.
• Ability to prescribe and manage care within scope of licensure and certification.
• Ability to maintain timely and compliant clinical documentation.

Responsibilities

• Obtain and document health histories; perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examinations, assessments, and plans of care.
• Collaborate in providing primary, acute, and complex care, manage patients’ overall care, and identify expected outcomes for diagnoses.
• Order, perform, interpret, and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, supporting diagnostic information, and diagnostic procedures when indicated.
• Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions.
• Prescribe pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic, and surgical therapeutic interventions needed to achieve expected outcomes.
• Use evidence-based, approved practice protocols to plan and implement care.
• Initiate appropriate referrals and consultations and provide specialty-specific consultation within the scope of practice.
• Facilitate patient transitions between and within healthcare settings, including admission, transfer, and discharge.
• Document findings, assessments, and plans of care in the electronic health record.
• Provide patient- and family-centered care, educate patients and families, and support shared decision-making.
• Use evidence and clinical data to evaluate and improve patient care practices and quality.
• Maintain current clinical knowledge through continuous learning and professional development.
• Participate in professional organizations, medical center committees, and activities that influence advanced practice.
• Additional duties may be assigned.

Benefits

• Affordable high-quality health plan options
• Dental and/or vision plan
• 403(b) retirement plan
• Paid time off (flex PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption assistance
• Short- and long-term disability
• Subsidized backup childcare
• Inpatient nursing supplemental pay program (availability to ask about the current program)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level